Combined counter liner and heel cushion



June 9, 1931. J. D. LANGDON 1,308,992

COMBINED COUNTER LINER AND HEEL CU SHION Filed April 12, 1929 FIG. 1.

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Patented June 9, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JESSE D. LAN'GDON, DELOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA COMBINED COUNTER LINER AND HEEL CUSHIONApplication filed April 12,

The present invention relates to counter liners and heel cushions forshoes, slippers, and similar articles of footwear, and aims to provide acombined counter liner and heel f cushion of novel construction.

or the liner may be used without hereinafter described and claimed, it

panying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedcounter liner embodying the heel cushion.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, showing the liner inplace in a shoe.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the liner and cushion.

The counter liner, as shown, is adapted to be removably fitted in ashoe, slipper, or similar article of footwear, as disclosed in myapplication Serial No. 127,100, filed August 4,

1926 (now Patent No. 1,711,851, granted May 7, 1929, but it is to beunderstood that the improvements may be embodied in either permanent orremovable counter liners, embodying the bottom 7 and upturned portion 8.

In carrying out the invention, a piece 9 of leather or other flexiblematerial, is disposed below the liner bottom 7, and is stitched thereto,as at 10, to form a pocket open at the rear end, the stitching beinginterrupted at the heel or rear end of the liner, to provide the mouth11 of the pocket, which is of narrower width than the pocket.

A cushion 12 of sponge rubber or other suitable flexible material isadapted to fit in the pocket, being wider than the mouth 11,

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so as to prevent the cushion from slipping out of the pocket. However,by doubling the cushion transversely it serted through may be readilyinthe mouth 11, to enable the cushion to be placed in and removed fromthe pocket. T

when inserted in the pocket he cushion expands laterally after beingdoubled, so as to straighten out the bottom portion of the line Thecushion counter liner w tion under the being assembled with the ill beretained in proper posiheel of the foot, and will afford convenientcushioning action for the heel. The cushion may moved for replacement,

also be readily reor to enable the counter liner to be worn without thecushion if desired.

Having thus is claimed as new 1. A counter bottom portion described theinvention, what liner for a shoe comprising a formed cushion expandedlaterally in said pocket to straighten out said bottom portion, the

mouth of the pocket being of less width than the cushion.

2. A counter tom portion p liner for a shoe having a botrovided with alongitudinal pocket open at one end, and a cushion expanded laterall yin said pocket to straighten out said bottom portion, the mouth of thepocket being of less width than the cushion.

3. A counter tom provided narrower than said pocket liner for a shoehaving a botwith a pocket whose mouth is the pocket, .and a cushion inof a width greater than said mouth of the pocket.

4. A counter liner for a shoe having a bottom provided pocket, the mouthof the rower than the pocket of greater width with a rearwardly openingpocket being nar pocket, and a cushion in said than the mouth of whereofI hereunto .alfix my JESSE D. LANGDON.

with a pocket, and a

